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JONATHAN LARKIN, OF HOPKN TON RHODE ISLAN Letters Patent No. 60,280, dated December 4, 1866.

` SPECIFICATION. T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, Gnoncn A. TAYLOR, Lnsrnn CnANnALL, HonAcr. L. CRANDLL, and JONATHAN Lannm, of Hopkinton-z, in the county of' Washington, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Twine and Small Cordage; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificaticmin whichi Figure 1 is a side view of our invention. i

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the. same.

Figure 3, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line a: :11, iig. 2.

i Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relatesto a new and useful improvement in mechanism for manufacturing twine andsmall cordage, and has for its object the twisting of a plurality of cords or lines simultaneously, or at one operation, with one attendant or operator only, and the latter allowed full control over each line or cord during the process of twisting.

A represents an elevated way or rail which extends the whole `length of the walk, and has a carriage, B; suspended on it, the carrifige being allowed to move freely hack and forth thereon. This carriage has a horizontal bar, O, attached toit, the upper surface of which is ground or cut to form `a series of-what aretechnically termed tops, ax. On this bar, C, there are nine tops which receive twenty-seven strands, a; and conse` quently nine lines or cords, D, will be twisted simultaneously, there'heing three strands to each line or cord. The strands are supported by rests composed of a series of upright wires or rods, b, attached to` aj hori-` zontal pivoted shaft, E, which is allowed to turn freely and has a weight, F, suspendcd` from it, which weight; has a tendency to keep the wires or rods, b, in a vertical position, said wires or rods serving as guides well as supports for the strands. These rests are 'placed at'a suitable distance, apart, say twenty-tive feet, moreor less being used according to the length of the building or walk. l The strands, a, are` connected at one end to the usual rotary spindles which give them the twist, and they are attached attheir opposite ends to the ordinary fixtures. VAs the strandsfa, are twisted, the lines or cords, D, are laid, as'it-is technically termed, at the rear endsof the-tops, and the bar, C, on whiehl the tops are formed, is moved gradually `forward in the direction indicated by arrow 1.;` the twist of the lines or cords, D, assisted by the hand'ofthc operator, causing i said movement.4 When the'bar C -comes in contact with a series-of wires or rods b, on a shaft E, the latter turn or give way before the bar C, the shaft E turning, and when the bar C has passed the wires or rods b,

the latter immediately assume their upright position,.owingto the influence of the weight, F, and the lines or i cords drop into the spaces between the wires or rods, b, which`were occupied by their'central strands, ag' By' these means it will be seen that the wires or rods, b, do not interfere at all with the movement of the bar,` C tand it will also be seen that the operator can reach ,any of the tops," or any of the lines or cords or strands,

during the twisting operation. Thus avplurality of lines or cords may b`c twisted.` simultaneouslyor nt one` operation, and the work perlorlned equally as well as if one only were twisted, for the reason that the operator has access to and can reach every line or cord and every 'strand while beingtwisted, andl can, therefor-ein tho event of any strand or line being casually displaced, 1re-adjust the same in proper place. Thetwisting of a plurality of lines or cords simultaneously has been previously essayed, but not generally adoptedon account of the means employed not admitting of the operator having complete control over the mechanism, certain` parts of the latter (the way and carriage) interfering withthe manipulating of the lines or thestrands. Oui-elevated way and suspended carriage effectually obviatev this difficulty. p i i Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by llietters` Patent- The elevated way or rail A, provided with the suspended carriage B, haviilg the topbar C attached, all

arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

'lhe above specification of our invention signed by us this day of August, 1866.

HORACE L. CRANDALL, GEORGE A. TAYLOR, LESTER `C RANDALL, J'ONAHAIIlLARKIN'.l

4Witnesses.:

C. A. GRAMMI., M. J. CLARKE.V 

